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Samples from asteroid Ryugu contain one of the building blocks of RNA

21 March 2023

The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft brought back samples from Ryugu in 2020, and an analysis of a tiny portion of those samples has revealed key ingredients for life

Have we really found an alien protein inside a meteorite?

3 March 2020

A team of researchers say they have discovered a protein molecule inside a meteorite, the first extraterrestrial example ever found, but others are sceptical

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Samples from asteroid Ryugu contain one of the building blocks of RNA

Have we really found an alien protein inside a meteorite?

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